Monday reader's view: Facts and Commitments

Published 6:45 am, Monday, December 15, 2014

To the editor:

Fact #1: Midland Public Schools makes the decision, despite much public opposition, to close five neighborhood elementary schools, and buses former walking students across town.

Fact #2: Midland Public Schools makes the decision, despite much public opposition, to close Central (the only school with a large auditorium) as a school and buses former walking students across town.

Fact #3: Even though MPS made the decision to close the historic art deco Central, it remains open because of its much used and updated auditorium.

Fact #4: Midland Public Schools asks taxpayers to vote Feb. 24, 2015 for a $121,400,000 bond proposal to be paid for over a period of 12-15 years.

Fact #5: Part of the bond proposal calls for:

• Closing two or more elementary schools

• Demolishing part of the historic art deco Central to make way for a new elementary

Fact #6: MPS isn’t demolishing a portion of Cental because it is unsafe or in major disrepair, but because it was built as a secondary school.